Which Is the Strongest Metal In Marvel, Adamantium Vs. Vibranium? - Explained

Adamantium is stronger but Vibranium absorbs energy better. This is why in the Marvel universe you see a lot of adamantium offensive weapons and a lot of vibranium defensive armors and sheilds.

How about we all just ask Magneto! I’m sure he’ll have all the answers to put an end to all this madness. Lol

The thing that settles it for me is the fact that Ultron chose adamantium over vibranium when making his body, and he had the intelligence of the scientist supreme

When I was a kid in the 70s and 80s it was only Adamantium. Vibranium was never mentioned in comics - first time I remember hearing about it was in Captain America First Avenger because they didn't own the movie rights for Adamantium.

Unobtainium will always be best.

To my recollection, Wolverine listed in marvel guides states he’s 5’3 and 195 pounds. Growing up in the 80’s I recall that vibranium being so expensive is a component of adamantium, and what made captain America’s shield special was a component that was added to the mix that the scientist wasn’t able to replicate making it one of a kind.

It all depends on the version of each metal your going off. In some versions vibranium is an offshoot of adimantium when humans tried to recreate it, in some versions vibranium is only weak to gamma radiation. In some versions adimantium is toxic which is why in most stories loan's healing is slowed. It also depends on the story and strong they needing to me so one is not stronger than the other....in my opinion

Adamantium is rock. Wolverine Vibranium is scissors. Black panther Carbonadium is paper. Omega Red

Don't forget in one Univers, Vibranium becomes Brittle when exposed to Gamma radiation. The same radiation the Hulk Emits.

I'm still waiting for a adamantium, vibranium and uru mix🤔

I like both Vibranium and Adamantium

One thing that none of these metals can even dent a much too common type of armor in the Marvel universe, Plot Armor

Dont forget Marvel also has the indestructible Asgardian Uru metal, which Stan Lee states is not on the periodic elemental table. It is immune to magneto's powers and might be more indestructible than adamantium and vibranium.

The properties of both are entirely different. Vibranium absorbs and redirects kinetic energy while adamantium is structuraly stronger..

Somewhere out there exists a Wolverine variant with a vibranium skeletal system, think how much more OP he is with his healing factor

It's been established for DECADES that adamantium is the top dog in regards to "strongest". It sucks that the more time goes on the more people rely on what they see and hear rather than what they read, but the movies or the children's cartoons like Wolverine and the X-Men are not source material, aka the comics and novels; that's why they have their own universe designations to separate them from the original/mainline/source material (616). Vibranium has more applications because it's been studied and experiments with for 1000s of years, not to mention it's abundance (there's a whole mountain of it). Adamantium on the other hand, is rare as hell; the only actual adamantium is bonded to Wolverine, Sabertooth, and smaller portion is mixed into Captain America's shield. All other adamantium is synthetic: and even still, Wolverine found he can heat his claws up even tho it's rare, so who knows what properties/applications adamantium has. "Which one is the strongest" doesn't mean "which one has more properties", it means "which one is the strongest"...and that's adamantium hands down 👌🏾

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I seem to remember in the 90s Marvel comics Captain America’s shield was an alloy of Adamantium and Vibranium. Anyone else remember this or was that just me?

Think the way the comics tend to treat it, adamantium is near indestructible, but sufficiently super powered entities can damage it, (Thor for one) making it only near, but also can be liquified with Antarctic vibranium and the molecular rearranger Ultron uses to keep his malleable. Because its so durable at a molecular level as well, it can be made extremely thin, allowing for Wolverine's blades to cut thru most things due to how thin it is and strong it is. You can look up mono molecular wire as kind of a similar concept, where the durability and thinness of the material theoretically makes it a insanely good cutting tool. It's also subject to story plot armor breaking it, as shown by all the "dead wolverines in the future with broken claws" and so on, ranging from the Hulk to Gladiator. Vibranium is very hard to destroy, because it absorbs most forms of kinetic energy used against it and stores it, which also makes it more resistant to damage the more charge it gets, but is weak, again, to Antarctic vibranium, but unlike adamantium, its actually subject to overloading. It has a max limit to how much it can take, which is why you see Black Panthers suit destroyed often in Avengers comics. This does have a bonus though, it also absorbs impacts, like when Thor hit Cap in the movie and he didn't smoosh under the shield, or how Black Panther doesn't feel the impacts of bullets, and then can also redirect that energy with proper tech. Black panther often glows when this happens, showing a charge. This also makes it useful as a shield as it can prevent the user from taking the force of impacts, and even absorb some forms of impacts that seem out of place, like using Caps shield as a "pillow" to absorb a fall up to a certain point as the impact of hitting the shield, and hitting the ground are nullified, and only the users own body causes impacts (bone on bone, etc, as its hitting the user with the user, and not the user with the shield or ground.) Unique cases for Cap's shield is it is both metals combined, with a bit extra. It has the kinetic dampening effect of vibranium, and the near indestructability of adamantium. This allows it also its bouncing ability, as it takes kinetic energy and directs it where the shield is thrown. Think the comic explanation is it, as it has to "hit right" to have the energy release, and Cap has learned to make it so it bounces in ways the kinetic energy is retained, only hitting the right angle when it lands on his target. This is also why you often see the shield "cut" metal so easily. Currently it is supposedly "unique" as the recipe has been lost, but numerous entities have remade it, so it could be replicated, but isn't for story purposes. Antarctic vibranium, I believe, is not as durable as Wakandian vibranium for the most part, more being useful as a metal liquefier (I checked this on the wiki to try and double check and it makes no mention, so this is off my own memory, so take with a grain of salt) Its rarely used, so it may vary by story telling, but I know its been snapped by easier means, and I don't think it seems to have the ability to absorb kinetic energy the same way, instead producing its own vibrations that cause metal to liquify. Interestingly this works on Colossus of the x-men to the point it will immediately cause him to shift back to human as his body knows to avoid it. Uru metal is quite durable, but actually tends to be weaker then adamantium in its base form, but still generally pretty hard to destroy. It mainly gains its power instead thru enchantment as it holds magical charge well. This is the case with Thor's hammer, as its durability is a combination of Odin's magic, and its power is a combination of that and an elder god like entity that provides it with the power for storms. It has been destroyed ALOT, actually right now being a welded together portion of its pieces in the current comics. It loses its power without an entity inhabiting it, which has weakened it recently with the absence of the storm entity, which was replaced with Odin himself, and after Odin leaving its now largely charged by Thor's own Odin force. With the Odin force backing it, its able to both dent Cap's shield, and used to undent it. Other examples of Uru were the hammers from the fear god event. To show the lack of durability of Uru in comparison to the other metals, Hulk actually simply crushed his. Though he was mystically enchanted and enraged at that time. Other norse god's often have Uru weapons, as well as their enemies, with varying level of durability. The smithing of it also counts a lot towards its properties, with Thor's hammer being known as a particularly well crafted hammer by a skilled dwarf. But that can be said of any of these metals resulting in lesser versions. So durability wise, adamantium is good against anything up to a certain power range, and can cut most things. Vibranium can take up to a max output, but has many useful properties. Caps mix is near indestructible, and has vibranium's extra bonus's, usually taking a celestial, magic or Thano's level threat to break. Uru is almost inferior unenchanted, but enchanted can become superior to all the above metals, but requires a seriously powerful enchantment to do so. But the same could be said of if someone enchanted the other metals, though supposedly then Uru would benefit more from the same level enchantment. Molecule man would laugh at all of them and turn them into cheese.

1) Enchanted uru is stronger than both. Its magical properties that allowed it to smash Cap's shield earn it the top spot here. 2) Adamantine would probably be a close 2nd though. 3) Antarctic vibramium is pretty OP so it's hard to argue against this being next on the list after the magical metals. 4) Proto-adamantium (Cap's Shield) is the most indestructible substance in Marvel outside of the top three on this list. After that, Wakandan vibranium is far more versatile, but 5) adamantium is clearly stronger as it can cut through 6) vibranium. 7) Carbonatium (secondary adamantium) isn't nearly as strong as adamantium but it is far more malleable, and toxic. I have no idea where to put the futuristic metal, dragonite. Maybe ahead of proto-adamantium on this list but I don't know enough about it. And mysterium has a good argument to be #1 but, again, I really have no idea its properties. Then there's Colossus' organic steel, Silver Surfer's board, Hulk's pants... there're just too many materials and too many story lines to keep track of.